The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) has compiled a Q&A brochure on the new low global warming potential (GWP) HFO and HCFO refrigerants hitting the market. Download it now – it’s free.

As part of a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) on the implications of illegal CFC production and use, they have called for a global ban on disposable, non-refillable refrigerant cylinders to tackle the problem with illegal refrigerants.

After hearing about the Rapid Recovery service for so long, I finally managed to arrange a site visit to see for myself if it’s really possible to recover such large quantities of refrigerant in such a short period of time. It seemed too good to be true. But it wasn’t, writes Ilana Koegelenberg